Highlights:
- The TCM Classic Film Festival opened with a 30th anniversary reunion of Pulp Fiction (1994) screening in 35mm
- Jodie Foster had her handprints and footprints enshrined in concrete at the TCL Chinese Theatre and then appeared at a screening of her film The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Jeopardy! Host Ken Jennings introduced a U.S. premiere restoration screening of The Small Back Room (1949)
- Director David Fincher presented a world premiere restoration IMAX screening of Se7en (1995)
- Steven Spielberg in Q&A with TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz ahead of the director’s cut of his film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
El Capitan was playing 101 Dalmatians first movie in the morning at 9:30 as part of “100 Years of MGM History-Celebrating the UCLA Hearst Newsreel Collection. Certainly one I wanted to see again on the big screen, but there was a conflict with Jodie Foster hand and footprint ceremony across the street that I was attending. Sometimes that happens where you want to go and see a movie and another you want to see might be playing at the other cinemas at the same time. But you make it work and there always seems to never be enough time to see all the great movies that TCM offers during this wonderful and amazing film festival. If you think you aren’t really into these classic movies, do give the festival a try one year and you will be hooked!
At 2:30 over at Club TCM was a tribute conversation with Billy Dee Williams with TCM Host Jacqueline Stewart. I was so excited to be there for that conversation to see Mr. Billy Dee Williams. Jacqueline came onstage with Billy Dee Williams’ book in her hand and gave a wonderful tribute speech about Mr. Williams and she invited him up on the stage to join her and the crowd went wild when he got up off the front row chair he had been sitting and made his way to the sofa chair onstage.
It was a fantastic conversation and we all got to see that million dollar smile of his! Here are some photos and a quick video:
